ghetto meaning
UK /ˈɡɛtəʊ/ US /ˈɡɛtoʊ/ 2 syllables
ghetto (noun): formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live.
ghetto has 3 meanings in this dictionary.
ghetto as a noun
- formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
- the Warsaw ghetto
Type of: quarter
Related forms: ghettoize
- any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
- the relative security of the gay ghetto
- no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool
Type of: life
- a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
Type of: city district
How to pronounce ghetto
ghetto is pronounced /ˈɡɛtəʊ/ in British English and /ˈɡɛtoʊ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.
Words that rhyme with ghetto
Scrabble score: 10 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with GH · words ending in TO · 6-letter words
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